The rooting system of Leptophloeum Dawson: New material from the Upper Devonian, Famennian Witpoort Formation of South Africa

Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

Volumn 209, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-40

  Prestianni, C ^a   Gess, R W ^b  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cormose; Gondwana; Lycopsid; Rhizomorph; Waterloo Farm

Indexed keywords

FAMENNIAN; MORPHOLOGY; ROOT SYSTEM; TAXONOMY; TRANSITION ZONE; VASCULAR PLANT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84903596104     PISSN: 00346667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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